Not guilty verdict in FGM case - what do we think?

It crossed my mind that his background and the name of his (originally) co-accused may have played a part in the readiness with which the powers that be decided he had committed FGM.

He wasn't a specialist though - he was a very junior doctor who had only just started working at the Whittington and no-one at the Whittington had bothered to train him.

The only strong message this has sent to doctors is that being a doctor is a shit job - masses of doctors are leaving training and indeed the country as it is such an unpleasant environment to work in.

It did strike me that a junior reg obs, who can work alone, should know about FGM, especially when working in the Whittington. It's such basic knowledge and the fact that he didn't know what to do suggests he was very unprofessional - his ignorance caused him to commit a crime (albeit entirely unintentionally).
While I feel very sorry for him and think the police and CPS were utter arsewipes, particularly in how they treated the woman, I do hope that will send a very strong signal to doctors that they need to take FGM very seriously. Having been 'treated' by a breast institute that knew nothing about breasts and experienced general ignorance of HCPs around women (even when they're supposed to be specialists, like this guy) I think it's no harm to give the medical profession a kick up the arse and say ignorance isn't acceptable.

Knowing the person involved I think thank god they didn't get the chance to destroy his life.

This has done nothing but drag the mother and the doctor to hell and back.

I would happily split my legs for him. That's how little regard I have for 'this case'

Awful case showing fuck all concern by the cps for the woman in question.